Thursday, July 27 2006 16:14 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Mumbai: "Investigations to ascertain involvement of a `Fidayeen' (suicide) team in July 11 Mumbai serial blasts was hampered as there was no claimant to the only unclaimed body in the blasts, presently lying at Sion Hospital mortuary," sources said.

Involvement of a Fidayeen squad in the blasts was one of the angles, which the Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) had been probing, sources said.

Speculations of involvement of a Fidayeen (suicide) squad were fuelled by an e-mail received by a TV channel from an organisation calling identifying itself as Lashkar-e-Keher, and claiming that one of their members was killed in theblasts, while remaining members have returned safe.

"ATS Chief, K P Raghuvanshi had earlier told reporters that two perons had visited the mortuary in search of their missing kins, and one of them told authorities that he would return with family members to check if the body was that of his relative. He never turned up since then," sources said.

Police have also prepared a digital sketch of the victim from the remains of the body, and were awaiting its identification.

"I urge people, who have their kin missing in Mumbai after the blasts, to have a look at the body or the sketches and help police identify the victim", he told reporters.

ATS sources said police was exploring the theory of Fidayeen squads' involvement since the unclaimed victim's body has only the upper torso, while the lower portion was completely destroyed in the blasts. This is possible only when the person is very close to the explosive device or has himself exploded the device, sources said.